UCSF events for November 2005

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The campus community is invited to celebrate Diversity Week with a series of lectures, performances and activities beginning Monday, Oct. 24.
The campus community is invited to experience a day of enlightenment and entertainment at UCSF Mission Bay on Friday, Oct. 28.
The celebration of UCSF Mission Bay on Friday, Oct. 28 features talks by scientists and staff in the newly opened community center.
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco and Georgia Institute of Technology have found a new way to kill cancer cells.
UCSF Medical Center CEO Mark Laret recently presented an overview of 10 challenges facing UC medical centers before the Senate Education Subcommittee on Higher Education.
Women with breast cancer will reap the benefits when the UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center presents "Taste for the Cure" during the week of October 15-23.
Author Curtis Pesmen will discuss his personal experience in surviving colon cancer at a community education event Thursday, October 20, at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center.
A committee looking into the future location of San Francisco General Hospital recommends in its final report that the public hospital should be rebuilt on Potrero Avenue.
Books from the UC libraries will be scanned and made freely available online through a new consortium.
The Gladstone Institutes is helping to boost the numbers of minorities advancing to college and pursuing science careers.
A UCSF doctoral nursing student recounts her eye-opening, 10-day experience caring for the ill and injured after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.
Clinical trials of drugs intended to prevent HIV infection in high-risk populations must be developed and carried out in close collaboration with the local communities and national governments ...
Smoking and drinking excessively seems to cause more brain damage than just drinking too much alone, a new study finds.
Alcoholics who smoke appear to lose more brain mass than alcoholics who don't smoke, according to a study at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
Scientists gathered at UCSF Mission Bay on Sept. 20 offered a mix of explanation, debate and reflection on the fledgling field of stem cell research.
UCSF Chancellor Mike Bishop on Monday announced that UCSF will develop a strategic plan to help guide the future of the academic enterprise.
UCSF reached a settlement with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding an animal welfare complaint that was initially served last fall.
Concerned about the environment and soaring energy costs, UC Regents gave the green light to developing guidelines to promote sustainability in transportation.
Chancellor Mike Bishop on Friday announced that he has appointed a taskforce to coordinate ways to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
A new study finds "noise" in the brain,s signaling explains why a top-notch NBA basketball player doesn't always score at the free-throw line.
The well-attended UCSF symposium titled "Stem Cell Research: Implications for the Future" will be aired on KQED radio and on UCTV.
A UCSF study has revealed new information about how the brain directs the body to make movements. The key factor is "noise" in the brain's signaling, and it helps explain why all movement is not carried out with the same level of precision.
Experts say current ethical practices need to be strengthened before clinical trials begin using embryonic stem cells to treat disease.
Two Latina women will talk about the aftermath of state Proposition 209 on Sept. 28 during a special noon-time lecture to recognize Hispanic Heritage Month.
The possibility of using embryonic stem cells to treat disease, a strategy known as regenerative medicine, is not yet being explored in clinical trials, and may not be for many years. However, current ethical practices need to be strengthened ...
Two second-floor corridors at Laurel Heights are now exhibiting works donated to the University by an avid art collector and professor emeritus at UCSF.
Back in second grade, judy b. contributed to a class book a story about a girl who came home to find her family's home transformed into a mansion.
Two UCSF faculty members will be among the first to participate in media and public policy training at the nation's capitol.